Lane County chooses Casey Crear as new performance auditor after second nationwide search

Lane County has picked a new performance auditor to search out potential problems and inefficiencies in the county government.

The previous auditor left last summer, and the county’s first choice for the job turned it down.

On Wednesday, the county announced it has chosen Casey Crear for the position. Crear is a postdoctoral research fellow in Denver, according to his resume on file with the county.

The hire isn’t final. His contract is subject to approval by the Lane County Board of Commissioners at its Tuesday meeting.

The county would give Crear a base pay of $85,904 per year plus an amount equal to 3 percent of pay in deferred compensation and $20,000 in moving expenses, according to the contract commissioners are set to vote on.

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Eugene City Council

On Monday, February 12th, 2018, at 7:30 pm, the Eugene City Council voted 5-2 (Clark & Taylor opposed, Semple absent) for Resolution No. 5219 to refer the Citizens for Sensible Oversight proposal for an independent performance auditor to voters on the May 2018 ballot.

On Wednesday, January 24th, 2018, at noon, the Eugene City Council held a fifth work session on the issue of a city auditor:

About This Site

This site is intended to support community efforts to explore having a performance auditor for the City of Eugene.

In particular, this site includes information on the Eugene Performance Auditor Study Group convened by Eugene Mayor Lucy Vinis to look at the pros and cons of different ways to establish a performance auditor.

For information about Eugene Mayor Lucy Vinis, her blog, and her monthly dashboard of city efforts, please visit her official page.

For information about the ballot initiative Measure 20-283 by chief petitioners Bonny Bettman McCornack, David Monk and George Brown, please visit CityAccountability.org.

For information about Check and Balances, the nonprofit Bonny Bettman McCornack, David Monk, Paul Nicholson and Wayne Lottinville established “to engage in research, outreach, and education to help guide policy and financial decision making by our community and its elected and non-elected leadership,” please visit Checks-Balances.org.